Thrissur, Feb. 7 -- Virtually kicking off BJP's election campaign in Kerala, party president Nitin Nabin on Saturday painted a lotus, the party's election symbol, on the wall of a polling booth at Ollukkara near Thrissur. Party leaders described the gesture as deliberate and symbolic, signalling the formal commencement of the BJP's ground-level campaigning in Kerala.
The elections for the 140-member Kerala Assembly are due in a few months.
Thrissur, where the party has been attempting to expand its electoral footprint, was carefully chosen to underline that intent. In 2024, Thrissur gave a shocking win to the film star-turned politician Suresh Gopi, who became the first Lok Sabha winner in Kerala from the BJP.
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